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But We Had A Plan | A Disaster Nomad Podcast
The hazard was mapped, the risks were assessed, the plan was approved, and then reality showed up.
But We Had A Plan is a podcast about disasters, risk, resilience, and the wonderfully unpredictable variables that determine what happens when things don't quite go to plan.
Hosted by Professional Disaster Manager and Disaster Nomad founder Jess van Schalkwyk, expect conversations with experts, practitioners and fascinating humans about the incidents, ideas, lessons and occasional curveballs that…
Episodes
- But We Had A Plan | A Disaster Nomad Podcast
Ep 06: George Building Collapse - You can't surge trust
On 6 May 2024, a five-storey building under construction collapsed in George, Western Cape. This triggered a complex multi-agency response involving emergency…
- But We Had A Plan | A Disaster Nomad Podcast
Ep 05: The key to localisation - Just shut up and listen
What if one of the most important skills in disaster management is knowing when not to be the loudest voice in the room? In this solo episode of But We Had A…
- But We Had A Plan | A Disaster Nomad Podcast
Ep 04: Making bad days smaller
What if the real measure of good disaster management isn’t how well we respond to catastrophe, but how much catastrophe we prevent in the first place? In this…
- But We Had A Plan | A Disaster Nomad Podcast
Ep 03: There's an app for that...right?
Technology can make us faster, more connected, and better informed, but can it actually improve resilience? In this episode of But We Had A Plan, Jess sits…
- But We Had A Plan | A Disaster Nomad Podcast
Ep 02: No straight lines, just puzzle pieces
Careers in disaster management rarely follow a straight line. More often, they look like a collection of seemingly unrelated pieces; a degree here, a…
- But We Had A Plan | A Disaster Nomad Podcast
Ep 01: Resilience has lost its meaning
We talk about resilience all the time, but do we actually know what it means? In the first episode of But We Had A Plan, Jess van Schalkwyk talks through the…